As good as God, as clever as the devil : the impossible life of Mary Benson / Rodney Bolt.
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TextPublication details: [Bath] : Windsor/Paragon, 2012, c2011Edition: Large print edDescription: xx, 353 p. (large print) : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9781445871165 (cased); 9781445871172 (pbk.)Subject(s): Benson, Mary, 1842-1918 | Bishops' spouses -- Great Britain -- Biography | Lesbians -- BiographyGenre/Form: Large type books. Summary: Minnie Sidgwick was just twelve years old when her cousin, twenty-three-year-old Edward Benson, proposed to her in 1853. Edward went on to become Archbishop of Canterbury and little Minnie - as Mary Benson - to preside over Lambeth Palace. When the Archbishop died, Mary set up home in a Jacobean manor house with her friend Lucy Tait. She remained at the heart of her family of fiercely eccentric children. But none of them was 'the marrying sort' and the family seemed destined for disruption.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Large Print | B / BEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111045954516 |
Standard print ed. originally published: London : Atlantic, 2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Minnie Sidgwick was just twelve years old when her cousin, twenty-three-year-old Edward Benson, proposed to her in 1853. Edward went on to become Archbishop of Canterbury and little Minnie - as Mary Benson - to preside over Lambeth Palace. When the Archbishop died, Mary set up home in a Jacobean manor house with her friend Lucy Tait. She remained at the heart of her family of fiercely eccentric children. But none of them was 'the marrying sort' and the family seemed destined for disruption.
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